Friday, October 22, 2010

Free contest, Secret Heart Short Story Competition, top prize: EUR 100

Deadline: 15 November 2010

In the year of Chopin Slovenian art group KOLEKTIVA and FPSW Foundation for Promotion Contemporary Art is inviting you to write a short story about Chopin’s heart whereabouts during the WWII.

The best story will be awarded with 100 EUR!

We are looking for a fiction short story about the hiding of the heart. Who and how many people were involved, how and where it was hidden? What happened during the hiding? How it was found out again and restored in the new church?

The story about the course of events during the hiding of the heart might be or might be not intertwined with real facts.

ENTRY CONDITIONS

Length: Up to 1.500 words
Language: Polish or English
Eligibility: Everyone can apply
Author must also include following data: Name, Surname, Address, Phone Number or E-mail

Stories must be submitted to the e-mail: kolektiva@gmail.com no later than November 15, 2010

The best story will be awarded with 100 EUR!

With the sending of the story you give KOLEKTIVA and Program Gallery the permission to:
- use your story in the art project Secret Heart (installation in the gallery)
- translate in English
- publish it on the internet (on the website: www.special-place.net)
- publish it in a small booklet (accompanying publication to the exhibition)

If you do not clearly specify in your submission, that you don’t give the permission for any of the above mentioned, we will consider that you agree with all paragraphs.

KOLEKTIVA will present the best stories at the exhibition Secret Heart in Program Gallery in Warsaw in December 2010. KOLEKTIVA will respect the copyrights of the authors and will clearly state the authorship of each story.

More information here/here.